Ripa, Cesare (c. 1560-1622)

Della Novissima Iconologia. Padua: Tozzi, 1625.Thick quarto, three parts in one volume, each with separate title page; general half-title present, engraved vignette to all titles, author portrait engraving on [a]4 verso, two internal blanks between parts present; illustrated with numerous woodcut text emblems throughout, mainly personifications of qualities, states, and traits, like abundance, diligence, knowledge of the human condition, artifice, discretion, and so on, arranged alphabetically, bound in later parchment over boards, some water staining to contents, 8 3/4 x 6 in.